“I WAS BEATEN BLACK AND BLUE, AND LEFT TO STARVE FOR DAYS …” Jacintha, a woman from Mangalore, Karnataka, was a nurse who had three children at home to care of. She was offered a better nursing job in one of the gulf countries called Qatar, by a local agent. A job offer for 25,000 was hard to decline and accepted the same. Instead of the mentioned place, she was taken to Saudi and forced into slavery. Her life was bound for misery after the trafficking. She was slapped, kicked, burned, and forced to do service for the family. She was sold in the black market and was bought by the family for 5lakhs rupees mentioned by the family. She was deprived of food, water, and any type of communication. One day she was lucky enough to get hold of a phone and reach out to her children. Her children reached out to the police, people, and family but in vain, they couldn’t find any help. They were found by the HUMAN RIGHT PROTECTION FOUNDATION, Udupi and Dr. Ravindranath Shanbha...
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